Gianlorenzo Bernini. Altar canopy (baldacchino) of St. Peter’s, Rome. 1624–33.
Gilt bronze. Height approx. 100' (30.5 m).
AKG-images/A.F. Kersting. [Fig. 10-1]
Gianlorenzo Bernini. David. 1623–1624.
Marble. Height 5' 6-1∕4" (1.68 m).
Borghese Gallery, Rome.
Scala, Florence - courtesy of the Ministero Beni e Att. Culturali. [Fig. 10-2]
Gianlorenzo Bernini. Ecstasy of St. Teresa. 1645–1652.
Marble and gilt bronze. Life-size.
Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome.
Scala, Florence/Fondo Edifici di Culto - Min. dell'Interno [Fig. 10-3]
Gianlorenzo Bernini. Cornaro Chapel.
Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome. 1640s.
© Vincenzo Pirozzi, Rome. [Fig. 10-4]
St. Peter’s, Rome, aerial view. Nave and façade by Carlo Maderno. 1606–12.
Piazza, colonnades designed by Gianlorenzo Bernini. 1656–1663.
Height of façade 147' (44.8 m), width 374' (114 m).
© Alinari Archives/CORBIS. [Fig. 10-5]
Plan of St. Peter’s and piazza, Rome. 1656–1663. [Fig. 10-6]
Taj Mahal. Agra, India, 1632–1648.
Scala, Florence. [Fig. 10-7]
Francesco Borromini. Interior of dome of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome. c. 1638.
Width approx. 52' (15.8 m).
© Angelo Hornak/Corbis. [Fig. 10-8]
Caravaggio. The Calling of St. Matthew. c. 1597–1598.
Oil on canvas. 11' 1" × 11' 5" (3.38 × 3.48 m).
Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome. Scala, Florence. [Fig. 10-9]
Artemisia Gentileschi. Judith Slaying Holofernes. c. 1620.
Oil on canvas. 6' 6-1∕3" × 5' 4" (1.99 × 1.63 m).
Uffizi, Florence. Scala, Florence. [Fig. 10-10]
L. O. Burnacini. Opera on the Cortina, Vienna. 1665–1666.
Engraving.
Historisches Museum der Stadt, Vienna. [Fig. 10-11]
Renaissance and earlier monuments of Rome
[Map 10.1]
Juan Batista de Toledo and Juan de Herrera. Escorial Palace, near Madrid, Spain. 1553–84.
Engraving.
Louvre, Paris. RMN. [Fig. 10-12]
Cathedral of Mexico, Mexico City. 1718–1737.
© Nik Wheeler/Corbis. [Fig. 10-13]
Diego Vel.zquez. The Triumph of Bacchus (Los Borrachos). 1629.
65" × 88-1∕2" (1.65 × 2.25 m).
Prado, Madrid. © The Gallery Collection/Corbis. [Fig. 10-14]
Diego Velázquez. Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor). 1656.
Oil on canvas. 10' 5-1∕4" × 9' 3∕4" (3.18 × 2.76 m).
Prado, Madrid. © The Gallery Collection/Corbis. [Fig. 10-15]
Don Quixote attacking the windmills, from Cervantes’s Don Quixote. 1863 edition.
Hachette, Paris. Illustrated by Gustave Doré. Private Collection, L/L. [Fig. 10-16]
Louis Le Vau and Jules Hardouin-Mansart. Garden façade. Palace of Versailles, France.
1669–1685.
© Douglas Schwartz/Corbis. [Fig. 10-17]
Jules Hardouin-Mansart and Charles Lebrun. Hall of Mirrors.
Palace of Versailles, France. Begun 1676.
Length 240' (73.2 m), width 34' (10.36 m).
© Massimo Listri/Corbis. [Fig. 10-18]
Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin) as Sganarelle in The Doctor in Spite of Himself.
Engraving.
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. Private Collection, L/L. [Fig. 10-19]
Jean-Baptiste Lully. Performance of the opera Armide. 1686.
Engraving.
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. [Fig. 10-20]
Peter Paul Rubens. Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus. c. 1618.
Oil on canvas. 7' 3" × 6' 10" (2.21 × 2.08 m).
Alte Pinakothek, Munich. © Gallery Collection/Corbis. [Fig. 10-21]
Peter Paul Rubens. The Garden of Love. c. 1638.
Oil on canvas. 6' 6" × 9' 3-1∕2" (1.98 × 2.83 m).
Prado, Madrid. AKG-images/Erich Lessing. [Fig. 10-22]
Nicolas Poussin. Landscape with St. John on Patmos. 1640.
Oil on canvas. 40" × 53-1∕2" (101.8 × 136.3 cm).
Art Institute of Chicago, A. A. Munger Collection, 1930.500.
Photography © The Art Institute of Chicago. [Fig. 10-23]
Johann Sebastian Bach. c. 1746.
Engraving.
Private Collection, L/L. [Fig. 10-9]
Rachel Ruysch. Flowers in a Vase. 1698.
Oil on canvas. 23" × 17-1∕2" (58.5 × 44.5 cm).
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main. © ARTOTHEK. [Fig. 10-25]
Johannes Vermeer. The Allegory of Painting. c.1665–1670.
Oil on canvas. 4' 3∕18" × 3' 7-1∕4" (1.30 × 1.10 m).
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. © Francis G. Mayer/CORBIS. [Fig. 10-26]
Johannes Vermeer. The Milkmaid. c. 1658–1660.
Oil on canvas. 17-7∕8 × 16-1∕8" (45.5 × 41 cm).
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. [Fig. 10-27]
Rembrandt van Rijn. Sortie of Captain Banning Cocq’s Company of the Civic Guard (The
Night Watch). 1642.
Oil on canvas. 11' 9-1∕2" × 14' 4-1∕2" (3.59 × 4.38 m).
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. [Fig. 10-28]
Rembrandt van Rijn. Christ Healing the Sick (Hundred Guilder Print). c. 1649.
Etching. 10-7∕8" × 15-3∕8" (28 × 39 cm).
British Museum, London. Yale University Art Gallery. [Fig. 10-29]
Rembrandt van Rijn. Self-portrait. c. 1665.
Oil on canvas. 45" × 37-1∕2" (114 × 94 cm).
The Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood House, London.
© English Heritage Photo Library / The Bridgeman Art Library. [Fig. 10-30]
Anthony van Dyck. Charles I of England. c. 1635.
Oil on canvas. 8' 8-3∕4" × 6' 9-1∕2" (2.66 × 2.07 m).
Louvre, Paris. The Art Archive/Alfredo Dagli Orti. [Fig. 10-31]
Christopher Wren. St. Paul’s Cathedral, London. 1675–1710.
Length 514' (156.7 m), width of façade 250' (76.2 m), height of dome 366' (111.6 m).
Bridgeman Art Library, London. [Fig. 10-32]
Plan of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London. 1675–1710. [Fig. 10-33]
Portrait of John Locke, English philosopher. c. 1680–1704.
Private Collection, L/L. [Fig. 10-9]

Chapter 10 - Humanities

  • 1.
    Gianlorenzo Bernini. Altarcanopy (baldacchino) of St. Peter’s, Rome. 1624–33. Gilt bronze. Height approx. 100' (30.5 m). AKG-images/A.F. Kersting. [Fig. 10-1]
  • 2.
    Gianlorenzo Bernini. David.1623–1624. Marble. Height 5' 6-1∕4" (1.68 m). Borghese Gallery, Rome. Scala, Florence - courtesy of the Ministero Beni e Att. Culturali. [Fig. 10-2]
  • 3.
    Gianlorenzo Bernini. Ecstasyof St. Teresa. 1645–1652. Marble and gilt bronze. Life-size. Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome. Scala, Florence/Fondo Edifici di Culto - Min. dell'Interno [Fig. 10-3]
  • 4.
    Gianlorenzo Bernini. CornaroChapel. Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome. 1640s. © Vincenzo Pirozzi, Rome. [Fig. 10-4]
  • 5.
    St. Peter’s, Rome,aerial view. Nave and façade by Carlo Maderno. 1606–12. Piazza, colonnades designed by Gianlorenzo Bernini. 1656–1663. Height of façade 147' (44.8 m), width 374' (114 m). © Alinari Archives/CORBIS. [Fig. 10-5]
  • 6.
    Plan of St.Peter’s and piazza, Rome. 1656–1663. [Fig. 10-6]
  • 7.
    Taj Mahal. Agra,India, 1632–1648. Scala, Florence. [Fig. 10-7]
  • 8.
    Francesco Borromini. Interiorof dome of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome. c. 1638. Width approx. 52' (15.8 m). © Angelo Hornak/Corbis. [Fig. 10-8]
  • 9.
    Caravaggio. The Callingof St. Matthew. c. 1597–1598. Oil on canvas. 11' 1" × 11' 5" (3.38 × 3.48 m). Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome. Scala, Florence. [Fig. 10-9]
  • 10.
    Artemisia Gentileschi. JudithSlaying Holofernes. c. 1620. Oil on canvas. 6' 6-1∕3" × 5' 4" (1.99 × 1.63 m). Uffizi, Florence. Scala, Florence. [Fig. 10-10]
  • 11.
    L. O. Burnacini.Opera on the Cortina, Vienna. 1665–1666. Engraving. Historisches Museum der Stadt, Vienna. [Fig. 10-11]
  • 12.
    Renaissance and earliermonuments of Rome [Map 10.1]
  • 13.
    Juan Batista deToledo and Juan de Herrera. Escorial Palace, near Madrid, Spain. 1553–84. Engraving. Louvre, Paris. RMN. [Fig. 10-12]
  • 14.
    Cathedral of Mexico,Mexico City. 1718–1737. © Nik Wheeler/Corbis. [Fig. 10-13]
  • 15.
    Diego Vel.zquez. TheTriumph of Bacchus (Los Borrachos). 1629. 65" × 88-1∕2" (1.65 × 2.25 m). Prado, Madrid. © The Gallery Collection/Corbis. [Fig. 10-14]
  • 16.
    Diego Velázquez. LasMeninas (The Maids of Honor). 1656. Oil on canvas. 10' 5-1∕4" × 9' 3∕4" (3.18 × 2.76 m). Prado, Madrid. © The Gallery Collection/Corbis. [Fig. 10-15]
  • 17.
    Don Quixote attackingthe windmills, from Cervantes’s Don Quixote. 1863 edition. Hachette, Paris. Illustrated by Gustave Doré. Private Collection, L/L. [Fig. 10-16]
  • 18.
    Louis Le Vauand Jules Hardouin-Mansart. Garden façade. Palace of Versailles, France. 1669–1685. © Douglas Schwartz/Corbis. [Fig. 10-17]
  • 19.
    Jules Hardouin-Mansart andCharles Lebrun. Hall of Mirrors. Palace of Versailles, France. Begun 1676. Length 240' (73.2 m), width 34' (10.36 m). © Massimo Listri/Corbis. [Fig. 10-18]
  • 20.
    Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin)as Sganarelle in The Doctor in Spite of Himself. Engraving. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. Private Collection, L/L. [Fig. 10-19]
  • 21.
    Jean-Baptiste Lully. Performanceof the opera Armide. 1686. Engraving. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. [Fig. 10-20]
  • 22.
    Peter Paul Rubens.Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus. c. 1618. Oil on canvas. 7' 3" × 6' 10" (2.21 × 2.08 m). Alte Pinakothek, Munich. © Gallery Collection/Corbis. [Fig. 10-21]
  • 23.
    Peter Paul Rubens.The Garden of Love. c. 1638. Oil on canvas. 6' 6" × 9' 3-1∕2" (1.98 × 2.83 m). Prado, Madrid. AKG-images/Erich Lessing. [Fig. 10-22]
  • 24.
    Nicolas Poussin. Landscapewith St. John on Patmos. 1640. Oil on canvas. 40" × 53-1∕2" (101.8 × 136.3 cm). Art Institute of Chicago, A. A. Munger Collection, 1930.500. Photography © The Art Institute of Chicago. [Fig. 10-23]
  • 25.
    Johann Sebastian Bach.c. 1746. Engraving. Private Collection, L/L. [Fig. 10-9]
  • 26.
    Rachel Ruysch. Flowersin a Vase. 1698. Oil on canvas. 23" × 17-1∕2" (58.5 × 44.5 cm). Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main. © ARTOTHEK. [Fig. 10-25]
  • 27.
    Johannes Vermeer. TheAllegory of Painting. c.1665–1670. Oil on canvas. 4' 3∕18" × 3' 7-1∕4" (1.30 × 1.10 m). Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. © Francis G. Mayer/CORBIS. [Fig. 10-26]
  • 28.
    Johannes Vermeer. TheMilkmaid. c. 1658–1660. Oil on canvas. 17-7∕8 × 16-1∕8" (45.5 × 41 cm). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. [Fig. 10-27]
  • 29.
    Rembrandt van Rijn.Sortie of Captain Banning Cocq’s Company of the Civic Guard (The Night Watch). 1642. Oil on canvas. 11' 9-1∕2" × 14' 4-1∕2" (3.59 × 4.38 m). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. [Fig. 10-28]
  • 30.
    Rembrandt van Rijn.Christ Healing the Sick (Hundred Guilder Print). c. 1649. Etching. 10-7∕8" × 15-3∕8" (28 × 39 cm). British Museum, London. Yale University Art Gallery. [Fig. 10-29]
  • 31.
    Rembrandt van Rijn.Self-portrait. c. 1665. Oil on canvas. 45" × 37-1∕2" (114 × 94 cm). The Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood House, London. © English Heritage Photo Library / The Bridgeman Art Library. [Fig. 10-30]
  • 32.
    Anthony van Dyck.Charles I of England. c. 1635. Oil on canvas. 8' 8-3∕4" × 6' 9-1∕2" (2.66 × 2.07 m). Louvre, Paris. The Art Archive/Alfredo Dagli Orti. [Fig. 10-31]
  • 33.
    Christopher Wren. St.Paul’s Cathedral, London. 1675–1710. Length 514' (156.7 m), width of façade 250' (76.2 m), height of dome 366' (111.6 m). Bridgeman Art Library, London. [Fig. 10-32]
  • 34.
    Plan of St.Paul’s Cathedral, London. 1675–1710. [Fig. 10-33]
  • 35.
    Portrait of JohnLocke, English philosopher. c. 1680–1704. Private Collection, L/L. [Fig. 10-9]

Editor's Notes

  • #2 Gianlorenzo Bernini. Altar canopy (baldacchino) of St. Peter’s, Rome. 1624–33.Gilt bronze. Height approx. 100' (30.5 m).AKG-images/A.F. Kersting. [Fig. 10-1]
  • #3 Gianlorenzo Bernini. David. 1623–1624.Marble. Height 5' 6-1∕4" (1.68 m).Borghese Gallery, Rome.Scala, Florence - courtesy of the Ministero Beni e Att. Culturali. [Fig. 10-2]
  • #4 Gianlorenzo Bernini. Ecstasy of St. Teresa. 1645–1652.Marble and gilt bronze. Life-size.Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome.Scala, Florence/Fondo Edifici di Culto - Min. dell'Interno [Fig. 10-3]
  • #5 Gianlorenzo Bernini. Cornaro Chapel.Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome. 1640s.© Vincenzo Pirozzi, Rome. [Fig. 10-4]
  • #6 St. Peter’s, Rome, aerial view. Nave and façade by Carlo Maderno. 1606–12.Piazza, colonnades designed by Gianlorenzo Bernini. 1656–1663.Height of façade 147' (44.8 m), width 374' (114 m).© Alinari Archives/CORBIS. [Fig. 10-5]
  • #7 Plan of St. Peter’s and piazza, Rome. 1656–1663. [Fig. 10-6]
  • #8 Taj Mahal. Agra, India, 1632–1648.Scala, Florence. [Fig. 10-7]
  • #9 Francesco Borromini. Interior of dome of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Rome. c. 1638.Width approx. 52' (15.8 m).© Angelo Hornak/Corbis. [Fig. 10-8]
  • #10 Caravaggio. The Calling of St. Matthew. c. 1597–1598.Oil on canvas. 11' 1" × 11' 5" (3.38 × 3.48 m).Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome. Scala, Florence. [Fig. 10-9]
  • #11 Artemisia Gentileschi. Judith Slaying Holofernes. c. 1620.Oil on canvas. 6' 6-1∕3" × 5' 4" (1.99 × 1.63 m).Uffizi, Florence. Scala, Florence. [Fig. 10-10]
  • #12 L. O. Burnacini. Opera on the Cortina, Vienna. 1665–1666.Engraving.Historisches Museum der Stadt, Vienna. [Fig. 10-11]
  • #13 Renaissance and earlier monuments of Rome[Map 10.1]
  • #14 Juan Batista de Toledo and Juan de Herrera. Escorial Palace, near Madrid, Spain. 1553–84.Engraving.Louvre, Paris. RMN. [Fig. 10-12]
  • #15 Cathedral of Mexico, Mexico City. 1718–1737.© Nik Wheeler/Corbis. [Fig. 10-13]
  • #16 Diego Vel.zquez. The Triumph of Bacchus (Los Borrachos). 1629.65" × 88-1∕2" (1.65 × 2.25 m).Prado, Madrid. © The Gallery Collection/Corbis. [Fig. 10-14]
  • #17 Diego Velázquez. Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor). 1656.Oil on canvas. 10' 5-1∕4" × 9' 3∕4" (3.18 × 2.76 m).Prado, Madrid. © The Gallery Collection/Corbis. [Fig. 10-15]
  • #18 Don Quixote attacking the windmills, from Cervantes’s Don Quixote. 1863 edition. Hachette, Paris. Illustrated by Gustave Doré. Private Collection, L/L. [Fig. 10-16]
  • #19 Louis Le Vau and Jules Hardouin-Mansart. Garden façade. Palace of Versailles, France. 1669–1685.© Douglas Schwartz/Corbis. [Fig. 10-17]
  • #20 Jules Hardouin-Mansart and Charles Lebrun. Hall of Mirrors.Palace of Versailles, France. Begun 1676. Length 240' (73.2 m), width 34' (10.36 m). © Massimo Listri/Corbis. [Fig. 10-18]
  • #21 Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin) as Sganarelle in The Doctor in Spite of Himself. Engraving.Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. Private Collection, L/L. [Fig. 10-19]
  • #22 Jean-Baptiste Lully. Performance of the opera Armide. 1686.Engraving.Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. [Fig. 10-20]
  • #23 Peter Paul Rubens. Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus. c. 1618.Oil on canvas. 7' 3" × 6' 10" (2.21 × 2.08 m).Alte Pinakothek, Munich. © Gallery Collection/Corbis. [Fig. 10-21]
  • #24 Peter Paul Rubens. The Garden of Love. c. 1638.Oil on canvas. 6' 6" × 9' 3-1∕2" (1.98 × 2.83 m).Prado, Madrid. AKG-images/Erich Lessing. [Fig. 10-22]
  • #25 Nicolas Poussin. Landscape with St. John on Patmos. 1640.Oil on canvas. 40" × 53-1∕2" (101.8 × 136.3 cm).Art Institute of Chicago, A. A. Munger Collection, 1930.500.Photography © The Art Institute of Chicago. [Fig. 10-23]
  • #26 Johann Sebastian Bach. c. 1746.Engraving.Private Collection, L/L. [Fig. 10-9]
  • #27 Rachel Ruysch. Flowers in a Vase. 1698.Oil on canvas. 23" × 17-1∕2" (58.5 × 44.5 cm).Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main. © ARTOTHEK. [Fig. 10-25]
  • #28 Johannes Vermeer. The Allegory of Painting. c.1665–1670.Oil on canvas. 4' 3∕18" × 3' 7-1∕4" (1.30 × 1.10 m).Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. © Francis G. Mayer/CORBIS. [Fig. 10-26]
  • #29 Johannes Vermeer. The Milkmaid. c. 1658–1660.Oil on canvas. 17-7∕8 × 16-1∕8" (45.5 × 41 cm).Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. [Fig. 10-27]
  • #30 Rembrandt van Rijn. Sortie of Captain Banning Cocq’s Company of the Civic Guard (The Night Watch). 1642.Oil on canvas. 11' 9-1∕2" × 14' 4-1∕2" (3.59 × 4.38 m).Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. [Fig. 10-28]
  • #31 Rembrandt van Rijn. Christ Healing the Sick (Hundred Guilder Print). c. 1649.Etching. 10-7∕8" × 15-3∕8" (28 × 39 cm).British Museum, London. Yale University Art Gallery. [Fig. 10-29]
  • #32 Rembrandt van Rijn. Self-portrait. c. 1665.Oil on canvas. 45" × 37-1∕2" (114 × 94 cm).The Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood House, London.© English Heritage Photo Library / The Bridgeman Art Library. [Fig. 10-30]
  • #33 Anthony van Dyck. Charles I of England. c. 1635.Oil on canvas. 8' 8-3∕4" × 6' 9-1∕2" (2.66 × 2.07 m).Louvre, Paris. The Art Archive/Alfredo Dagli Orti. [Fig. 10-31]
  • #34 Christopher Wren. St. Paul’s Cathedral, London. 1675–1710.Length 514' (156.7 m), width of façade 250' (76.2 m), height of dome 366' (111.6 m). Bridgeman Art Library, London. [Fig. 10-32]
  • #35 Plan of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London. 1675–1710. [Fig. 10-33]
  • #36 Portrait of John Locke, English philosopher. c. 1680–1704.Private Collection, L/L. [Fig. 10-9]